Then he began to consider the change which would be brought about by the irruption of the millionaire.

He resented it.

He found the prospect of Tinker's losing Dorothy's services exceedingly disagreeable.
For a while he ascribed that resentment to the fact that she would cease to be the excellent influence with Tinker she certainly was; and then he grew resentful on his own account.

It was hard, indeed, that he should suddenly be deprived of the presence of so charming a creature at his table, of so delightful a companion of his evening stroll in the gardens of the Casino.

If it hadn't been for those confounded millions--there he checked himself sternly; the millions were there, and there was no more to be said, or thought.